Uchaguzi Support

Survey and Category Classification

Why classification is important and how to do it

Classification of incoming information ( organization by survey and category) gives meaning to unstructured data coming from the public, making it easier to transform the data into actionable information.

It’s important to have a common understanding of what kind data each of these surveys represent, what the categories mean and how to use them.

When creating a post, determine the appropriate survey for the incident you are posting, and select the survey.

If you cannot find an appropriate survey to classify your incident under, select the “Other” survey. These will be audited later.

If you repeatedly process messaged that don’t fit in any of the surveys, please get in touch with any of the co-leads you know in the slack channel, and we’ll have appropriate people decide how to proceed.

This list of surveys and categories was designed to fulfill two different requirements:

To provide easy terminology for people submitting posts (as well as to volunteers who are processing the posts) to understand, enabling quick classification of data without specific knowledge and expertise in the field of election monitoring.

To provide categorization that reflects the needs and systems of responders in order to provide them with data that can be useful for their operations.

This list of surveys and categories is not set in stone. They reflect evolving situation on the ground and will be edited/modified accordingly whenever it is necessary. If you have any suggestions, please contact Angela Lungati at angela AT ushahidi DOT com.

Uchaguzi Surveys

Survey

Options w/descriptions

Counting and Results

Failure to announce results by IEBC official

Irregularities with transportation of ballot boxes

No Transport to Deliver Ballot Boxes/Ballot Boxes not Transported to Tallying Centre

Ballot Boxes Destroyed After Announcing Final Results

Protest over declared results

Violence, demonstration

Counting Irregularities

Ballot Papers not Being Counted in a Transparent Manner

Observers or Party Agents not Allowed In The Hall During Vote Counting

Ballot Box Irregularities

Ballot Boxes not Sealed at Start of Voting Process

Sealed Ballot Box Tampered With

Non-Voting Materials Placed In Ballot Box

Campaign material in polling station

Any materials (flyers, banners, buttons, clothing, etc.) pertaining to the promotion of a certain candidate or party.

BVR issues

Positive Events

Civilian Peace Efforts

Citizen led initiatives to promote peace

Everything Fine

In previous election deployments we have received many reports from people telling us that things are going smoothly.

Police Peace Efforts

The police sometimes have community outreach events to promote peace and security during the polls.

Security Issues

Please describe as accurately as possible who was attacked, the physical location of the attack, and where known, the attackers. For an issue to be classified as a security issue, it must involve threats or acts that would damage property or persons.

Abductions/kidnapping

Including hostage taking.

Bombings

Including vehicle attacks.

Violent Attacks

Attacks without weapons (e.g., brawls), knives, or few small arms (e.g., one or two handguns) -- if you can, please differentiate between violent attacks and armed clashes. Armed clashes are more serious.

Armed Clashes

Riots

Civil or political unrest explicitly characterized as riots, as well as behavior presented as tumultuous or mob-like. Includes looting, prison uprisings, crowds setting things on fire, general fighting with police (typically by protestors), lynch mob assemblies, ransacking, football riots, and stampedes.

Mobilisation towards violence

Where concrete step have been taken and violence appears imminent. (If violence has already started, do *not* use this category.

Ambush

Presence of weapons

Purchase of weapons

Voting Issues

Voter registration irregularities

Register of voters missing

Voters Names Missing From registry

Voters Issued Invalid Ballot Papers

Voter Integrity Irregularities

Importation of voters

Voter Impersonation

Voter Intimidation

Bribing of Voters

Voters Voting More Than Once

Voter Identification Kit not Working

Voter Assistance irregularities

Issues with proper identification

Illiterate Voters not Assisted

Unusually Many Assisted Voters/Voter Assister not Taking Oath of Secrecy

Voting Irregularities

Eligible Voters Turned Away/ not allowed to Vote

Ineligible Voters Allowed to Vote

Purchasing of Voters Cards

Staffing Issues

Absence or insufficient number of IEBC Officials/Staff At Polling Station Opening

Absence or insufficient number of law enforcement officials at Polling Station

Observers/Media Blocked From Entering Polling Station

EBC Officials not Acting In Accordance to Set Rules

Other

This is for posts that do not fit into any other survey.

Note: Please feel free to flag posts that do not fit into a category with your co-leads in case we would like to add one immediately. We will audit 'Other’ posts to monitor where new surveys should added throughout this project.

Uchaguzi Categories

These are related to post status

Category

Sub Category

Description

Permissions

Verification

Submission

Admin

Verification team

Viewing

Publishing

Team Leads

Analysis and Research

Public

Verified

The post has been verified by observers on the ground, or can be corroborated by mainstream media and our trusted sources

Unverified

The post has not been verified

Escalation

Submission

Admin

Team Leads

Response partners

Viewing

Analysis and Research

Needs escalation

The post requires action by response partners

Escalated

The post has been forwarded to response partners for action

Action taken

Action has been taken by response partners on the post

Geolocation

Submission

Admins

Media monitoring

Structuring

Geolocation

Team Leads

Publishing

Viewing

Analysis and Research

Needs geolocation

The post needs to be geolocated

Geolocated

The post has been geolocated

Impossible to geolocate

There is no location information provided, or the content of the message references several (10+) locations over a wide area and cannot be pinpointed to one neighborhood, community, ward, etc